Usually means: Exciting, popular, or fashionable; excellent.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word lit:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lit: Merriam-Webster
  3. lit, lit, lit, lit, lit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lit, lit, lit, lit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lit, lit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lit, lit, lit: Wordnik
  8. lit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Lit, lit: Wiktionary
  10. lit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lit, lit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lit, lit: Dictionary.com
  14. lit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. LIT (file format), LIT (video game), LIT, Lit (Kumi Koda song), Lit (Steve Aoki and Yellow Claw song), Lit (album), Lit (band), Lit, .lit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lit: Rhymezone
  19. Lit, lit (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lit: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. lit: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lit, lit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lit: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lit: Natural Health glossary
  2. lit: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. LIT: Acronym Finder
  3. LIT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. lit: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIT: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lit (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. lit, lit, lit, Lit, Lit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. L.I.T: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIT: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

(Note: See light as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
adjective:  Illuminated.
adjective:  (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
adjective:  (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
adjective:  (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
adjective:  (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
adjective:  (obsolete) Little.
noun:  (obsolete) Little.
noun:  (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
verb:  (transitive) To colour; dye.
noun:  Clipping of literature. [The body of all written works.]
noun:  Abbreviation of literature. [The body of all written works.]

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